The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, has warnedpolytechnics
undertaking the post-graduate diploma programmes to stop, saying it is
not part of their mandate.Rufa’i gave the warning on Monday in Abuja at the inauguration of
thegoverning councils for the National Teachers Institute, National
Educational Research Development Council, 15 federal polytechnics and 19
federal colleges of education.
She directed that henceforth, no polytechnic convocation would hold without issuance of certificates to graduating students.The minister also ordered that the provosts and registrars of collegesof
education must sign NCE certificates as obtained in polytechnics and
universities.
“The provosts and registrars of colleges of education should sign NCE certificates as obtained in polytechnics and universities.
“Issuance of certificates to graduating students is a prerequisite for
approval for holding convocations; thus no certificate, no convocation,”
she directed.While addressing the inaugurated council members, Rufai urged them to
encourage responsive and responsible unionism in their
respectiveinstitutions and arrest problems of cultism, drug abuse and
other social vices among students.
“Governing councils have a strategic role to play in facilitating the
required transformation of the tertiary education sector in order to
actualise the desire of government to provide easy access without
compromising standards and quality.
“The composition of these governing councils is apt and places high
demands on you to work assiduously to realise these goals,’’ she said.
Rufa’i said that effective strategies should also be developed for
earlydetection and eradication of all forms of vices such as examination
malpractice, sexual harassment, extortion, inducement, loss of
examination scripts and results.She advised the councils not to be lured into turning the prestigious fellowship awards to chieftaincy title affairs.
Responding on behalf of his colleagues, Chief Ebenezer Babatope,
Chairman, Governing Council of College of Technology, Yaba, pledgedto
use their appointments to contribute to the development of the education
sector.He thanked the Federal Government for the privilege to serve the country
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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